Facts On Garbage Pollution In Mombasa

About 500 to 600 metric tons of garbage is generated in the town.
Mombasa has only about 12 garbage collector trucks when it requires about 20 in order for it to have the ability to collect the garbage generated daily, by the town.
The mombasa municipal council lacks the expertise on ways on which to collect garbage around the town.
Some villagers died shortly after eating some rotten fish and toxic maize in a dump site in Mombasa, kenya. They were from the Mwakirunge village.
Council workers burn in garbage Kibarani, which causes air pollution and makes it inconvenient for motorists, commuters, and tourists coming out from the Moi International Airport.

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The Dangers Of Garbage Pollution

The air caused when garbage is burnt could be very irritating to many people's health.
When you burn garbage it produces toxic gas.
nitrogen oxideThe toxic gases produced when burning garbage include the following:
sulphur dioxide
Volatile organic chemicals and others

. Solutions to Garbage Pollution- Ideas

We could organize a beach clean-up every week to clean up the beaches in the Coast.
We could write to the Municipal council of Mombasa to request them to stop burning garbage in public environments like Bombululu and Kibarani, but areas where there are is less public.
We could organize cards for donations to buy more bins, and slowly small trucks to transport the garbage from point A-B.

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